South Florida leaders gather to discuss solutions on housing crisis

DOWNTOWN MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a roundtable with different mayors to speak about challenges and options in what has turn out to be one of many priciest locations in America to hire or purchase.

“It’s actually on us to chop the crimson tape and get issues to market faster,” Levine Cava mentioned.

Mayor of Hialeah Steve Bovo spoke about how individuals in Hialeah and Homestead find yourself residing in odd locations, due to the hire costs.

“Individuals are parking campers and trailers subsequent to their houses and so they’re renting them out for $800, $900 bucks a month,” Bovo mentioned.

Because the mayors mentioned they mentioned the issue is that there’s an excessive amount of demand and little provide.

“We even have conditions of individuals residing in steel instrument sheds in backyards,” Homestead Mayor Steven Losner mentioned.

Throughout this assembly, all of them additionally mentioned that they will begin pondering otherwise about properties in a post-pandemic world, expecially with extra individuals working from residence.

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“There needs to be buildings that was once companies that if the federal government will get concerned that we are able to buy and switch these into the low-income property or reasonably priced housing,” Village of El Portel Omarr Nickerson mentioned.

Cities are additionally higher transportation as a part of the answer, working with the state to chop the exorbitant prices of insurance coverage and bringing builders to the desk to determine what’s essentially the most environment friendly and accountable solution to construct with restricted area.

Levine Cava plans to host a housing summit in June and desires these conferences to proceed to maintain tabs on what is going on on the native degree in Miami-Dade.